Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020205 a-i
Description
Set of six figurine molds and three boxes; six brown rubber molds of Famous Funnies comic book characters; molds are of Tiny Tim (a), Andy Gump (b), Dick Tracy (c), Skeezix (d), Little Joe (e) and Smitty (f); three boxes (g, h, i) with illustrations of characters and listing of names of characters …
Set of six figurine molds and three boxes; six brown rubber molds of Famous Funnies comic book characters; molds are of Tiny Tim (a), Andy Gump (b), Dick Tracy (c), Skeezix (d), Little Joe (e) and Smitty (f); three boxes (g, h, i) with illustrations of characters and listing of names of characters printed with yellow, blue, red, black and orange ink; two boxes (g, h) with tops printed with blue ink.
Number Of Parts
9
Part Names
a - mold - Size: Length 9.4 cm x Width 4.2 cm x Depth 1.3 cm
b - mold - Size: Length 9.2 cm x Width 4.3 cm x Depth 1.3 cm
c - mold - Size: Length 9.9 cm x Width 4.1 cm x Depth 1.5 cm
d - mold - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 4.1 cm x Depth 1.4 cm
e - mold - Size: Length 8.0 cm x Width 4.3 cm x Depth 1.4 cm
f - mold - Size: Length 9.1 cm x Width 4.9 cm x Depth 1.5 cm
g - box - Size: Length 14.4 cm x Width 7.6 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
h - box - Size: Length 14.4 cm x Width 7.6 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
i - box - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 7.6 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Embossed on mold: "TINY TIM"; (b) "ANDY GUMP"; (c) "DICK TRACY // 2"; (d) "SKEEZIX // 8"; (e) "LITTLE JOE // 4"; (f) "SMITTY // 9"; (g) printed on a sticker affixed to box: "DEPENDABLE DENTAL // MERCHANDISE // THE DOMINION DENTAL Co. // LTD."; (g, h, i) printed on front and back: "PLAYSTONE // c 1936 A.M.C.O. // FUNNIES // EXTRA MOLD"; printed on one side: "DICK TRACY // ORPHAN ANNIE // SMITTY // WINNIE WINKLE // GASOLINE ALLEY // MOON MULLINS // GET A WHOLE SET OF MOLDS"; printed on other side: "THE GUMPS // HAROLD TEEN // TERRY & THE PIRATES // THE LONE RANGER // LITTLE JOE // TINY TIM // CAST ALL THE FUNNIES"; (g, h) printed on top: "PLAYSTONE FUNNIES // For making lifelike // Figures of all the // FAMOUS FUNNIES"; (h) handwritten on top: "WINNE WINNKLE"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-4
Condition Remarks
Boxes are flattened, extremely worn at edges; (g, h) missing top of box; (i) missing both top and bottom of box; rubber is brittle, cracking on molds; white remnants of plaster on all molds; (c, e, f) are cracked and broken in places
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
Dr. Ralph Crawford
Research Facts
Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008; this item was donated by Dr. Norman Ironstone from Ottawa, Ontario; the molds were used by his father in his dental practice during the 1930s and 1940s.